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Rick Yancey Puffin Books ISBN: 99780141345819 RRP: $19.99 Age: 12+ Key Words: Action, Aliens, Survival Published: 7th May 2013 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Life was all normal until the day it wasn’t. The first wave took out half a million people, not a very big number in the grand scheme of things. The second wave took out many more and the third took out billions. By then the survivors had no idea who to trust, this was the forth wave. Cassie is […]

Paul Collins Ford Street Publishing ISBN: 978 1 921665 66 0 RRP: $19.95 Date of Publication: August 2012 Reviewed by Cassandra Griffin “The youth was dying. Worse, he was dying without confessing his sins against Maximus Black. ‘Just tell me what I want to know,’ said Black to the terrified, panting youth strapped to the table, ‘and all this will end. No more pain. I promise.’” Double Agent Maximus Black is back with all his alter egos, and […]

Subscribe to Monthly Updates Now! One simple email with all the latest reviews, easy. L.D. Taylor Wombat Books ISBN: 9781921632259 Young adult Publication Date: Oct 2012 RRP: $16.95 Reviewer: Vicki Griffin An interesting thriller about Phil who believes his father’s death was not an accident. Everyone had hated his dad because he had kept the rights to ‘the game’ before a sequel could be made. He had designed ‘the game’ and kids everywhere also hated him but where does Phil start […]

Theo Lawrence Random House ISBN : 978-0-857-53247-3 RRP: $21.95 15+ Years Review by Kelly McDonald The second Mystic City novel is due out in the summer, 2013. I can not wait! The place is Manhattan, but it is not in today’s time. The world has changed, the mystics live below as poor, second-rate citizens. They are drained of their powers regularly to keep everyone else safe. The affluent non mystics live above. They have the money, […]